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Farming & the land, 1910

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Argentine Sheep Imports

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 10

Although sheep are giving way to cattle in the Argentine, breeders in that part of the world continue to improve their flocks of British breeds…

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Sheep in America

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 7

The following article from the "Textile American" will be read with interest:- Since it is recognised throughout the length and breadth of the country that…

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Wheat Standard

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 6

In view of the bounteous wheat harvest, the Minister for Agriculture is considering the manner in which [?] (fair average quality) standard. upon…

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Pastoral Finance Association, Limited Report:—

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 15

Auction sales will be resumed in this market on Monday next on which day we will submit for our first sale of the New Year a catalogue of about 4600…

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Pastoral Finance Association Limited Report:—

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 13

Fat Pigs A st[?] supply of 111 and were [?] Tuesday's Sales, I quali[?] being represented bulk [?] and for which the…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Wheat Crop. Final Estimate. a Good Return. Notes on the Position. Xviii

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

This series of articles upon the wheat crop of New South Wales for the 1909-1910 season has now covered practically the whole of the wheat belt, with the exception of a few…

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Trade in Butter Substitutes

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 5

According to the figures of the United Slates Revenue Department, the output of margarine in the United States is increasing. During the past fiscal your 90,621,570lb, of the substitute…

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Dangers of Drenching Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 14

Owing to the great danger of drenching cattle, and knowing positively of so many valuable animals being killed by being drenched, I condemn the practice of…

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Sore Eyes in Cattle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 11

Sometimes cattle and also sheen and goats develop sore, eyes, the lids becoming swollen and red and the eye kept closed and water discharging…

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Station Stacked Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 13

Return furnished by the railway, department of wheat stacked at stations on all lines during the week ended the 1st January. 1910:—Stockinbingal…

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Experimental Wheat Plots

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

ALBURY.—The experimental wheat plot established by the Department of Agriculture on Mr. G. Laidlaw's farm, Elm Park, has been harvested. The field was sown…

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Gulargambone Wheat Yield

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 13

Mr. Thomas Dawson writes:—I have noticed a statement that the wheat crops around Gulargambone were computed to average thirty-two…

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The Wool Clip

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

Quite a controversy still obtains in certain quarters over the probable quantity of the coming Australasian clip (writes our London correspondent), and while Dalgety's…

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General News. Moisture in Butter

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 6

Analysis of some of the butter recently graded in Queensland for export showed that it was carrying more than 16 per cent. of moisture. which is the…

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Hobart Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.--The annual wool sales were held to-day, over 13,000 bales being quitted at record prices. Merinos realised as high as 17½d, and a number of lots were disposed…

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Margarine Sold As Australian Butter

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 6

Too bad is it that margarine should be passed off locally as butter, but it is worse that margarine should be sold in London as Australian butter as is…

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Stealing Butter Brands. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 8

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) to-day cabled to the Agent-General (Sir John Taverner), asking him to forward particulars of the discovery made by the Agent-General…

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Extending the Wheat Belt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 5

BARMEDMAN, Thursday.--The past year has been a most remarkable one for prosperity and progress in this district. A few years back, land beyond Temora was looked upon as outside…

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The Locked-up Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. T. I. Campbell,' general secretary F.S,A., states that' he has forwarded a letter to the parties interested, advising that no objection having…

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Seed Wheat, Barley, and Oats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture has decided to place at the disposal of farmers as much as possible of the seed wheat of pure and approved strains produced at the experiment…

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